Thursday, July 14, 2016

Summer Reading Week 3 Thursday

"An ingenious mystery and an excellent example of manners and caste systems of the Victorian era."

THE CHATTANOOGA TIMES

While
the Ellison girls were out paying calls and drinking tea like proper
Victorian ladies, a maid in their household was strangled to death. The
quiet and young Inspector Pitt investigates the scene and finds no one
above suspicion. As his intense …More

""From now on I'm Alan of Trebond, the younger twin. I'll be a knight."
"And so young Alanna of
Trebond begins the journey to knighthood. Alanna has always craved the
adventure and daring allowed only for boys; her twin brother, Thom,
yearns to learn the art of magic. So one day they decide to switch
places: Disguised as a girl, Thom heads for the convent; Alanna,
…More

With the help of her animal friends, Daine fights to save the kingdom of Tortall from ambitious mortals and dangerous immortals.HPL patron: Second book in Tamara Pierce's series "The
Immortals." It's a great read full of excellent detail as Daine, one
with the wolves, travels through the eyes of her animal friends. …More

Nanette
O'Hare is an unassuming teen who has played the role of dutiful
daughter, hardworking student, and star athlete for as long as she can
remember. But when a beloved teacher gives her his worn copy of "The
Bubblegum Reaper"--a mysterious, out-of-print cult classic--the rebel
within Nanette awakens.

As she befriends the reclusive author, falls in love with a young but troubled …More

In
Masters of Death," Rhodes gives full weight, for the first time, to the
Einsatzgruppen's role in the Holocaust. These "special task forces,"
organized by Heinrich Himmler to follow the German army as it advanced
into eastern Poland and Russia, were the agents of the first phase of
the Final Solution. They murdered more than 1.5 million men, women, and
children between 1941 and 1943, often by …More

Grunt tackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging
adversaries panic, exhaustion, heat, noise and introduces us to the
scientists who seek to conquer them. Mary Roach dodges hostile fire with
the U.S. Marine Corps Paintball Team as part of a study on hearing loss
and survivability in combat. She visits the fashion design studio of
U.S. Army Natick Labs and learns why a …More

Amarylis
Coltraine had recently transferred to the New York City police force
from Atlanta, but she's been a cop long enough to know how to defend
herself against an assailant. When she's killed with her own weapon, Eve
Dallas faces down a copy killer. …More

In
the latest suspense thriller in the #1 "New York Times" bestselling
series, the year 2060 is drawing to a close in New York City and loved
ones are coming together for Thanksgiving. But sometimes the deepest
hatreds seethe within the closest relationships, and blood flows faster
than water. …More

From #1 New York Times bestselling authorNORA ROBERTScome two classic stories aboutlove taking you by surprise TemptationSocialite
Eden Carlbough knew running a girls' camp wouldn't be easy, but she
didn't expect to be run up an apple tree by the little monsters. She was
equally surprised to come crashing down into the capable arms of
orchard owner Chase Elliot. While her handsome …More

More
than a year after his affair in Baghdad with Army doctor Kirby
Campbell, Army pilot Shane Garrett is trying to rebuild his life
stateside. Kirby is also stateside, but when she learns a friend is
being held hostage in Central America, she works with Phoenix Team to
organize a rescue. Original. …More

New
York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter returns with her most
explosive Lords of the Underworld tale to date, about a fierce warrior
on the brink of sanity who will stop at nothing to claim the exquisite
human with the power to soothe the beast inside himDriven
to his death by the demon of Distrust, Baden spent centuries in
purgatory. Now he's back, but at what cost? Bound to the
…More

Landing
an internship at Hopewell General is a dream come true for Tamara St.
John. She isn't about to risk it all because of arrogant Victor Aguilar.
Tamara and Victor constantly lock horns, but the seductive doctor is
driving her crazy with desire. …More

Lexi
Austin is living a fantasy as a masked stranger sweeps her into his
arms. But the man turns out to be Quentin Reddick, Lexi's best friend
since college. He may be irresistible, but she thinks he's also the
world's hardest-partying bachelor. Can he show Lexi he's now a one-woman
man? Original. …More

By
day, Lena Morrison is an ambitious grant writer. By night, she's an
escort to some of Chicago's most successful men. When tycoon Roderick
Brand hires Lena, their electric attraction leads to the most erotic
night of her life. Original. …More

Young
Freddy Thugstin's father is murdered. His mother is implicated in his
death and sentenced to an asylum for the criminally insane. By the age
of twelve Freddy lives the 'hard knock life' in the rough streets of
Chicago's Southside. As fate would have it, by the age of sixteen,
Freddy finds himself entangled in a vicious web of mayhem and murder.
With the help of his girlfriend, the feisty …More

Would
you kill for someone you love? Zeaira Rowe would without a second
thought, proving that what looks innocent is often the most venomous.
Before the chaos, life was great for Zeaira. She was an army brat and
pampered daddy's girl, until tragedy struck. When her father is found
gruesomely murdered execution style, Zeaira's world as she knows it
changes dramatically. After proving that she has a
…More

At
592 pages, Blankets may well be the single largest graphic novel ever
published without being serialized first. Wrapped in the landscape of a
blustery Wisconsin winter, Blankets explores the sibling rivalry of two
brothers growing up in the isolated country, and the budding romance of
two coming-of-age lovers. A tale of security and discovery, of
playfulness and tragedy, of a fall from grace …More